"large rope used for mooring, towing, etc.," late 13c., from Anglo-French haucer, from Old French halcier, haucier, literally "hoister," from Vulgar Latin *altiare, alteration of Late Latin altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old). Altered in English on mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul.
实用例句
1. The fingers were pinched under a hawser.
手指被夹在了大缆绳下面.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. There's a new hawser faked down there.
有条新铁索盘卷在那里.来自辞典例句
3. On the other side of the hawser was a hostile knot of young dockers.
在钢缆的那一边,是一伙满怀敌意的码头工人.来自辞典例句
4. An opening in the bow of a ship through which a cable or hawser is passed.
一个人坐在船内或是机舱内,他冲着船首或是舱首,他的右边就是右舷.来自互联网
5. Pay out the hawser fast. I do not want that anchor to drag.
